Vaccinium dentatum var. lanceolatum (O`ahu type). Hawai`i, O`ahu, Ko`olau Mountains, the ridge between Halemano and Poamoho Gulches, about 1.8 kilometers from the Ko`olau summit ridge. Plant 1.

Vaccinium dentatum Smith var. lanceolatum (A. Gray) Skottsberg (O`ahu type)

Hawaiian names: `ōhelo

Family: Ericaceae - the heath family

Habit: a prostrate shrub.

Endemic to O`ahu (Wai`anae and Ko`olau Mountains).

 

I do not know what the lower and upper limits of V. dentatum var. lanceolatum are along this ridge. There is some growing at the Poamoho Trail trailhead, and it appears that for at least 1.8 kilometers past the trailhead the only Vacciniums present are V. dentatum var. lanceolatum, V. calycinum var. calycinum, and V. calycinum var. calycinum x V. dentatum var. lanceolatum hybrids. Vaccinium dentatum var. dentatum is apparently restricted to the wettest areas along or near the Ko`olau summit ridge.

 

A V. calycinum var. calycinum x V. dentatum var. lanceolatum hybrid from the same area:

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